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Over the last three years ICTS has been organizing successful summer/winter schools on various topics of gravitational-wave (GW) physics and astronomy. Each school from this series aimed at focussing on a particular sub-area (theory, experiment, data science, etc) of GW science. This year, the organization of such a school assumes a special significance: The first direct detection of GWs by the LIGO observatories has been announced on 11 Feb 2016. This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and opens a fundamentally new observational window onto the Universe.This year’s school will involve three graduate-level courses in theoretical GW physics.  The lectures will be given by three world leading experts -- Clifford M Will (University of Florida), B. S. Sathyaprakash (Penn State University / Cardiff University), Emanuele Berti (University of Mississippi and Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon).

This meeting is designed to bring together string theorists working in the Bangalore area. The meeting will have a set of short talks, which are designed to rapidly communicate the recent research interests of the speakers. The meeting will also feature a brief selection of interdisciplinary talks from other areas, and some longer talks from invited visitors.

Over the last three years ICTS has been organizing successful summer/winter schools on various topics of gravitational-wave (GW) physics and astronomy. Each school from this series aimed at focussing on a particular sub-area (theory, experiment, data science, etc) of GW science. This year, the organization of such a school assumes a special significance: The first direct detection of GWs by the LIGO observatories has been announced on 11 Feb 2016. This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and opens a fundamentally new observational window onto the Universe.This year’s school will involve three graduate-level courses in theoretical GW physics.  The lectures will be given by three world leading experts -- Clifford M Will (University of Florida), B. S. Sathyaprakash (Penn State University / Cardiff University), Emanuele Berti (University of Mississippi and Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon).

This meeting is designed to bring together string theorists working in the Bangalore area. The meeting will have a set of short talks, which are designed to rapidly communicate the recent research interests of the speakers. The meeting will also feature a brief selection of interdisciplinary talks from other areas, and some longer talks from invited visitors.

This advanced level school is the seventh in the series. The school is being jointly organised by the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) and the Raman Research Institute (RRI).This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level. The following courses will be offered.Preparatory lectures by Abhishek Dhar (ICTS) and Sanjib Sabhapandit (RRI)Renormalization group theory by Mustansir Barma (TCIS, TIFR, Hyderabad)Quantum critical phenomena by Kedar Damle (TIFR, Mumbai)Interacting particle systems by Martin R. Evans (Edinburgh, UK); Notes 1Population genetics by Kavita Jain (JNCASR, Bangalore)Exactly solved models by R. Rajesh (IMSc, Chennai)Driven diffusive systems by Gunter Schütz (Jülich, Germany); Lecture Notes

This advanced level school is the seventh in the series. The school is being jointly organised by the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) and the Raman Research Institute (RRI).This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level. The following courses will be offered.Preparatory lectures by Abhishek Dhar (ICTS) and Sanjib Sabhapandit (RRI)Renormalization group theory by Mustansir Barma (TCIS, TIFR, Hyderabad)Quantum critical phenomena by Kedar Damle (TIFR, Mumbai)Interacting particle systems by Martin R. Evans (Edinburgh, UK); Notes 1Population genetics by Kavita Jain (JNCASR, Bangalore)Exactly solved models by R. Rajesh (IMSc, Chennai)Driven diffusive systems by Gunter Schütz (Jülich, Germany); Lecture Notes

The two main goals of this Discussion Meeting are: 1. To explore the foundations of policy design for controlling epidemics, using a broad class of epidemic games on complex networks involving uncertainty in network information, temporal evolution and learning and 2. To gain a better understanding of information flow that could assist in elucidating the complex mechanisms that underlie a variety of human dynamics and organizations giving rise to the ongoing Cambrian-style explosion in online social media. It will bring together topics in mathematical epidemiology, game theory and multi-agent systems, discrete dynamical systems, complex networks and economics, and will present new connections and opportunities for collaboration to participants. Some of the specific technical issues we expect to be discussed include:Behavioral and game theoretical models on epidemic dynamicsDesign of interventions to control epidemics and policy planningCo-evolution of epidemics, behavior and network str...

The two main goals of this Discussion Meeting are: 1. To explore the foundations of policy design for controlling epidemics, using a broad class of epidemic games on complex networks involving uncertainty in network information, temporal evolution and learning and 2. To gain a better understanding of information flow that could assist in elucidating the complex mechanisms that underlie a variety of human dynamics and organizations giving rise to the ongoing Cambrian-style explosion in online social media. It will bring together topics in mathematical epidemiology, game theory and multi-agent systems, discrete dynamical systems, complex networks and economics, and will present new connections and opportunities for collaboration to participants. Some of the specific technical issues we expect to be discussed include:Behavioral and game theoretical models on epidemic dynamicsDesign of interventions to control epidemics and policy planningCo-evolution of epidemics, behavior and network str...

Understanding strongly interacting quantum many body systems is one of the major frontiers in present day physics. Condensed matter physics provides a wide panoply of systems where strong interaction between constituent particles play a dominant role; some examples of such systems are high temperature superconductors, spin-liquids, fractional quantum Hall systems, and ultracold atoms in the strong-coupling regime. Recent additions to this list include topological insulators/superconductors, transition metal oxides and their heterostructures. These materials have the added feature that they have strong spin-orbit coupling. The interplay of strong interactions and strong spin-orbit coupling is presently a frontier area of research in condensed matter physics.This program aims to introduce graduate students and post-docs to different aspects of strongly interacting systems focusing on ideas which are recently animating the condensed matter community world-wide. The program will consist of...